TODAY, SATURDAY January 1st, will be a special edition of the Saturday Review of Books especially for booklists. You can link to a list of your favorite books read in 2010, a list of all the books you read in 2010, a list of the books you plan to read in 2010, or any other end of the year or beginning of the year list of books. Whatever your list, it’s time for book lists. So scroll down to link to yours.

Book Chase: Top 10 Fiction of 2010. The only one of Mr. Sattler’s 10 that I have read is number 1, Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, and I agree it was a fine novel. Several others look to be of interest.

The Living Room: The 2010 Book List. Amanda even includes stats, plus a full list of all her reading for 2010, plus a list of favorites. She writes, “I really, really wanted to like Phantastes, but it dragged and was weird and episodic.” Me, too, Amanda. But maybe I’ll try again if I get desperate.

I’ve been collecting lists for several days. If your book list for 2010 or 2011 is not here, I did not intentionally skip you. PLEASE leave a link below so that we can all enjoy all the lovely lists of the season.

It is with fear and trepidation that I begin to look at other folks’ lists. Y’all are so convincing! I have occasional bouts of thinking I should read *less* in 2011 and get rid of more books (to which my counterpart roars NO!!!–it’s an amusing inner dialog).

Anyways, at one point I thought to myself that this was the best reading year of my life. Alas, I so love superlatives. And I read some incredible books.

Then I typed the list out and was aghast that the only thing older than the 20th century was a Louisa May Alcott book. Gasp! Where did my yearly Austen, Dickens and Trollope go? What about that promise I made to myself to read one Shakespeare a season until I had read through the canon? Slippery slope, folks.

And why am I writing a blog post in your comments section, Sherry? 😉

Happy Reading to you all. And thank you, Sherry, for your digital hospitality.

So, Sherry, you know what happens when I don’t read directions? 🙂 Sorry! I’ve been away from home all week, read a wonderful little book I wanted to share, and squeezed in time to do so. Then to realize twelve hours later that I did so erroneously . . . makes me want to crawl under a rock. If you want to delete it, please feel free, and I’ll post it another week.